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" You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. "

Lyndon B. Johnson

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" If future generations are to remember us more with gratitude than sorrow, we must achieve more than just the miracles of technology. We must also leave them a glimpse of the world as it was created, not just as it looked when we got through with it. "

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" We have the opportunity to move not only toward the rich society and the powerful society, but upward to the Great Society. "

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" Jack was out kissing babies while I was out passing bills. Someone had to tend the store. "

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" I report to you that our country is challenged at home and abroad: that it is our will that is being tried and not our strength; our sense of purpose and not our ability to achieve a better America. "

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" Our society is illuminated by the spiritual insights of the Hebrew prophets. America and Israel have a common love of human freedom, and they have a common faith in a democratic way of life. "

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" I'm tired. I'm tired of feeling rejected by the American people. I'm tired of waking up in the middle of the night worrying about the war. "

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" It is important that the United States remain a two-party system. I'm a fellow who likes small parties and the Republican Party can't be too small to suit me. "

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" When the burdens of the presidency seem unusually heavy, I always remind myself it could be worse. I could be a mayor. "

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" The noblest search is the search for excellence. "

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